Aligning device for disengageable slide fasteners



Feb. 2, 1937. J. J. KISPERT ALIGNING DEVICE FOR DISENGAGEABLE SLIDE FASTENERS Filed June 27, 1936 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS;

Patented Feb. 2, 1937 ALIGNING DEVICE FOR DISENGAGEABLE SLIDE FASTENERS Joseph J. Kispert, Hamden, Conn., assignor to I. Newman & Sons, Inc., New Haven, Conn.,..a corporation of Connecticut Application June 27,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to disengageable slide fasteners and aligning devices therefor, an ob- -ject being to provide a construction which is especially adapted for corsets, although it could be used on other articles.

Another object of the invention is. to provide an aligning device for disengageable slide fasteners wherein the slide and the block at the end of the fastening structure overlap in such a way as to be held in alignment when in this position.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide in a slide fastener an extension on the slide formed substantially U-shaped so as to telescope over or partly over a 'coacting block.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a corset showing the front part partly open with a slide fastener and an aligning device applied thereto;

Fig. 2 shows a slide fastener including the aligning device with the slide fastener at one end of its travel;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing one part of the device separated and certain other parts in section;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 3 approximately on the line 4-4;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the slide fastener block and associated parts, said section being taken approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig.

Fig. 6-is a perspective view of the block shown in Figs. 2 to 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the slide and associated parts including the aligning device.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, I indicates a front lace corset formed with a body 2 having front flaps 3 and 4 and a vest 5. Suitable hooks are arranged on the front flaps, said hooks accommodating the lacings 6 40 and I for drawing the flaps towards each other when the corset is in use. The vest 5 is provided with central panels 8 and 9 and to these panels the tapes l and II of a slide fastener structure are secured. These tapes are of well known 45 structure and. carry the interlocking hooks l2 and I3 which are also of well known structure. Coacting with the structure just described is a stop or block l4 and a slide l5. Part of the slide I is of the usual construction to cause the members [2 and 3 to interlock or disengage.

The block I4 is secured in the usual way or in any desired way to the upper end of strip Hi. This block is provided with slots l6 and H and with bores l8 and 9. The bore l9 accommodates the sleeve 20 and is permanently mounted 1536, Serial No. 87,656

in place. The sleeve 2| which is secured to the tape may be removably mounted in the bore l8 and when so mounted part of thetape II will protrude through the slot Hi. The slide I5 is of the usual construction as above mentioned, except that the bottom and side portions merge into an extension 22. This extension is provided with a bottom 23, side walls 24 and 25, and oflset portions 26 and 21. The ofiset portions 25 and 21 really form a shoulder positioned interiorly of the sides and the bottom. The extension 22 is of a proper size to slide over the bottom half 28 of block l4 as shown in Fig. 5.

When in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 5 all of the members l2 and I3 have been disengaged and the sleeve 20 may be readily pulled out of the block M. In fact the entire strip II and all parts connected therewith may be moved to one side whereby the vest 5 may be opened completely. In order to connect the parts of the vest together as shown in Fig. l, the upper part of the tape l2 and, if desired, part of the sleeve 2| are grasped and forced upwardly as shown in Fig. 4 until the sleeve 2| is fitting into the bore l8 and extending a short distance therefrom so that the first of the hooks l2 and I3 are in position for interlocking.

When a slide fastener is used on the corset as shown in Fig. 1, the same must be pulled into po- 'sition and sometimes the elastics of the vest must'be stretched. This produces a resistance and difficulty in threading the sleeve 2| into the slide l5 and thence into the block l4. This difficulty quite often causes the slide totwist and turn which makes it impossible to align the parts so that the sleeve 2| may slide easily into place. By providing the extension 22 a holding structure is presented which slides over or telescopes over part of block ,|.4-'and thereby holds the slide I5 in proper alignment so that the interior thereof will be in proper registry with the bores I8 and I9. Any side pulling on the slide will not dislodge the same and consequently the sleeve 2| may be readily slid into the slide and finally into its proper position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. After having been inserted into its proper position slide I4 is then pulled downwardly until it reaches the lowest point as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon the parts of the vest are disengageably connected together. When it is desired to separate these parts all that is necessary is to pull the slide up until the extension 22 slides over part of block l4 and then pull the tape II and sleeve 2| to a disengaged position.

While the invention has been shown in connection with a corset, it will be understood that it may be used in connection with other clothing or in fact any object using a slide fastener.

I claim:

1. An aligning device for disengageable fasten- V ers including a stop block and a slide formed with an extension, said extension being formed with a shoulder and a U-shaped portion to partly surround the coacting stop block of the slide fastener structure for limiting the movement of the slide in respect to the block and for aligning the slide with the block.

2. A slide fastener structure including interlocking members arrangedin two series, a substantially rectangular block" acting as an abutment positioned at one end of one series of interlocking members, and a slidefor causing said interlocking members to engage and disengage, said slide being provided with a substantially rectangular extension U-shaped in cross section positioned to telescope over part of said block'when the slide has been moved to one of its extreme positions so as to align the block and slide, said extension having a shoulder for limiting the movement of the slide, toward the block.

3. A slide fastener structure including a pair of series of interlocking members, a block permanently secured in position at one end of one of said series, said block having a substantially rectangular portion provided with a pair of longitudinal bores and a pair of laterally extending slots, a sleeve arranged at one end of each of said series, ,one of, said sleeves being permanently mounted in one of said bores and the other removably mounted therein, a slide for causing said interlocking members to engage and disengage, said slide being provided with .an extension having bottom and side members fitting over part of the rectangular part of said block whereby said slide is held against swinging sidewise, said removable sleeve being adapted to be readily inserted into said slide and through the slide into the other of said bores in said block, said extension causing the passageway in the slide to remain in alignment with the last mentioned bore.

4. A slide fastener structure including a pair of tapes adapted to be positioned parallel, interlocking members connected to the facing edges of said tapes, a block acting as an abutment connected to one ofsaid edges, said block having a pair of substantially parallel longitudinally positioned bores and a laterally extending slot extending from each bore, a sleeve arranged as an extension of the interlocking members of the other oi said tapes, said sleeve being adapted to enter one of said bores and guide said interlocking members into position to be interlocked, and a slide for causing said interlocking members to engage and disengage, said slide having an extension adapted to telescope over part of said block for holding the slide in alignment with the block, said slide having substantially converging bores adapted to register with the bores of said block wherein said extension has telescoped over the block whereby said sleeve will be guided into one of the bores of said block and part of the tape connected therewith caused to extend through one block secured to one tape near one end, disengageable fastening elements secured to one edge of each of said tapes, a slide for causing said fastening elements to become engaged and disengaged, and a metallic sleeve secured to one edge of one of said tapes near one end so as to present a smooth rounded continuation of the fastening elements on the tape, said block having a bore and a laterally extending slot positioned to receive sleeve, said slide having a slot and a bore for receiving saidsleeve and part of said tape for guiding the sleeve and tape respectively into the bore and slot of said block, said slide having an extension substantially U-shaped in cross section positioned to telescope over part of said block so that the bore in the block will be held in axial alignment with the bore in the slide.

JOSEPH J. KISPERT.

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